Your school community’s link to the latest Tots to Teens digi-magazine (for your School Newsletter or Facebook page ) is http://issue2012si.totstoteens.co.nz/

You’ll notice we have introduced Te Reo Māori words throughout the magazine. Ask your tamariki to find:

• tūpeke
• mīere
• rā
• motukā

IN THIS ISSUE we investigate if summer brain drain is actually a thing – you might be surprised! We share the important points that parents need to consider for their new school starters. Everyone can win $3,400 worth of amazing prizes, including a fantastic holiday fun package! Choose your own adventure with our great holiday ideas for kids, and learn to make adorable cupcake trees for Christmas. We have the buzz on whether honey is a better choice and have two simple honey-based snack recipes. Shining bright, here comes the sun… and the burn, the itchy scratchies, and the family road trips, so parents will love our great tips for life in NZ this season. Check out our travel section on Aotearoa’s Coromandel coastline and enjoy our family fun page (we have a perfect road trip game to try). Remember to ask the kids to find the 5 Honeybees (pī) buzzing around this issue.

Thank you to everyone for supporting our new digital magazine, it means we are able to share our magazine with more kiwi parents and whanau, in a format that is super visual and phone user friendly (70% of your parents will be reading on their phone!). We do know that some families find it more enjoyable to read a hard copy in this overly-busy online world, and as a way to display good reading habits to their children. If you would like 50 or more copies for your school parents, margie@totstoteens.co.nz can assist you with this.

We are proud to be Aotearoa’s favourite parenting magazine, with 550,000 free magazines distributed each year through schools, pre-schools, libraries and Plunket, for the last 19 years. We also distribute digital copies to over 1,800 New Zealand primary and intermediate schools nationwide.